Friday, August 29, 2014

Sodastream (briefly) revisited

During the period around the Oslo Accords, in the early
1990s, when peace seemed close and economic cooperation between Israel and the
new, interim Palestinian Authority was considered an important part of a future
relationship built on mutual dependency and confidence, factories in occupied
territory were praised.

That's the time frame for the construction of the Sodastream
factory on West Bank land.

So Sodastream wasn't, then, seen as seizure. It was seen as
progress.

I don't see any sign that die-hard proponents of the BDS
(Boycott Divest Sanction) approach to Israel are capable of assimilating any such
historical wrinkle.